{"id":15129,"date":"2017-03-28T08:48:11","date_gmt":"2017-03-28T06:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/?p=15129"},"modified":"2020-07-23T08:54:09","modified_gmt":"2020-07-23T06:54:09","slug":"spring-in-the-city-time-to-visit-bioparc-valencia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.uchceu.es\/campus-life\/en\/spring-in-the-city-time-to-visit-bioparc-valencia\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring in the city: time to visit Bioparc Valencia!"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Valencia there is a river without water – the river Turia. Therefore, at the lung of the city, many buildings have been established to form the\u00a0<\/span>Turia Garden<\/b>. As I expect, tourists will choose the route towards Palau de la M\u00fasica (The Opera house) and the City of Arts and Sciences. However,\u00a0it is worth grabbing your map again and try\u00a0to head in another direction, where you will find Cabecera Park<\/strong> and Bioparc Valencia<\/strong><\/a>, one of the greatest attractions in the city, especially if you love animals.\u00a0<\/strong>That was exactly what I and some other international students did last Saturday. Follow our small journey!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Overlooking the Cabecera Park from the bridge that leads to Bioparc Valencia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cabecera Park<\/h2>\n

We met at Turia metro station and started our morning exercises by walking 1.5 km through the green area. You can also come by metro, which is the stop Nou d\u2019Octubre, but it was a Saturday and we wanted to enjoy fresh air and early sunlight. The vegetation of the Cabecera Park<\/strong> is formed by riverside forests, Mediterranean pine forests and exotic trees. In total, more than 4,145 trees, 30,900 shrubs, 72,700 upholstery and 156,300 square meters of meadow have been planted in just over two years.<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the background you can see the bridge that brings you to Bioparc Valencia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The most exciting point was climbing up the hill – visual landmark of the park. From its viewpoint, we could see Bioparc Valencia<\/strong><\/a>: the scene was breathtaking!<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to my childhood during 3 hours<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If Cabecera Park has the rich flora, Bioparc\u00a0Valencia<\/a><\/strong> possesses a great variety of fauna. More than 50 different animals are living in this semi-wild habitats<\/strong>, dividing into four sections: The African Savanna, Equatorial forest, Wetlands, and Madagascar. The fact that visitors can actually get to see big as well as small creatures from the famous \u2018The Lion King\u2019 film is one of the goals of the park, apart from passing on the love and awareness for nature<\/strong>. <\/span><\/p>\n

I will tell you the most impressive features I have experienced during my visit so you can see why\u00a0children love to come here. The first aspect is the giraffes<\/strong>, the chimpanzees<\/strong> and for sure other species with more complicated names. I spent a while to figure out the giraffes family members. For instance, Zora<\/em> is a female and was born in 2006 as shown in the gallery. In contrast, I did not know the names of the chimpanzee until a member of the staff started calling their names, and interestingly, some of them reacted by turning the look towards him! As far as I can remember there were Eva, Natalia and they will pay attention to the voice that they recognise.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n